Strauss & co - 2015 Review

Contents Chairman’s Report 4 Select Artists’ Performances for 2015 & Artists’ Records Achieved 6 Board of Directors and Staff 12 Strauss & Co Services 14 Sales Calendar 2016 15 2015 in Review by Sean O’Toole 16 South African Art Anton van Wouw 18 JH Pierneef 20 Terence McCaw 26 Gregoire Boonzaier 27 Hugo Naudé 28 Wolf Kibel 30 Freida Lock 31 Jan Volschenk 32 Adolph Jentsch 33 Irma Stern 34 Maud Sumner 36 Maggie Laubser 37 Pieter Wenning 38 Jean Welz 39 Eleanor Esmonde-White 40 Alexander Rose-Innes 41 Fanie Eloff 42 Alexis Preller 43 Vladimir Tretchikoff 46 Lucas Sithole 48 Cecil Skotnes 49 Edoardo Villa 50 Cecily Sash 51 Sydney Kumalo 52 Speelman Mahlangu 53 Robert Hodgins 54 Walter Battiss 58 Erik Laubscher 60 Johannes Meintjes 62 Ernest Mancoba 63 Gerard Sekoto 64 Maurice van Essche 65 Stanley Pinker 66 Christo Coetzee 67 Ruth Everard-Haden 68 Peter Clarke 69 Fred Page 70 Keith Alexander 71 Penny Siopis 72 Deborah Bell 76 William Kentridge 77 Karel Nel 80 Norman Catherine 81 Walter Oltmann 82 Jane Alexander 83 Dylan Lewis 84 Ed Young 86 Athi-Patra Ruga 87 Zander Blom 88 Michael Taylor 89 Wim Botha 90 Georgina Gratrix 91 International Art Alexander Calder 92 Victor Vasarely 92 Kees van Dongen 93 Ivon Hitchens 94 Berlinde de Bruyckere 95 Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewellery The middle market stands its ground… 97 Cape Furniture 98 Continental Furniture 101 Silver 103 Decorative Arts 110 Mid-20th century Italian Glass 113 Jewellery 114 Online-Only Auctions 116 Caro Wiese, A woman of substance 118 Auction Highlights 2016 Cape Town, 14 March 120 Scene 126 Obituary: Stephan Welz 136 3